πλεονεξία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, greediness, assumption, arrogance, τῶν Σπαρτιητέων ἡ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.149, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.13, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.240, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 359c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. συγγενική wrong done to one's kin, [[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 24.108. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 assumption, αἱ ἐν τῷ πυνθάνεσθαι π. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 175a19. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II advantage, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.183, 15.275, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.128: _plural_, αἱ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.22, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ π. αἱ ἴδιαι, αἱ δημόσιαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 13.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πλεονεξίᾳ with a view to one's own advantage, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.84, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ πλεονεξίας τινὸς ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς [τὰ θηρία] [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.28; πλεονεξίαι ψυχῆς ] Refs]excellences, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.6.3. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.2 a larger share of a thing, τῶν πολιτικῶν δικαίων [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282b29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 gain derived from a thing, τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων δικῶν πλεονεξίαν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.28; αἱ π. τῶν πλουσίων ] Refs 4th c.BC+]undue gains, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297a11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 586b; π. ἔκ τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.56.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]